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The distribution in time AND place argues for sustained continuing contact between physically discrete, non-adjacent communities. Direct or indirect trade. we
by ggm 2y ago
The distribution in time AND place argues for sustained continuing contact between physically discrete, non-adjacent communities. Direct or indirect trade.
we document direct genomic evidence for Neolithic female exogamy in a woman buried in a different megalithic tomb than her brothers. Taken together, our findings provide a detailed reconstruction of plague spread within a large patrilineal kinship group and identify multiple plague infections in a population dated to the beginning of the Neolithic decline.
Female exogamy is ubiquitous? It's common, sure. Is this a 50/50 or do more historical societies tend to women moving between families more often? I thought neolithic communities were not necessarily patrilineal but this argues that for the skandi dataset they were.